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September 02, 2016

Friday Round Up - 2nd September, 2016

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up part two of the Visa pour l'Image special with work from Peter Bauza, David Guttenfelder, Andrew Quilty, winner of the Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award - 2016 Niels Ackermann and Winner of the Humanitarian Visa d’or award – International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 2016 Juan Arredondo. Also the winners of the Getty Grants and some cool book signings happening Friday afternoon, so get down to La Poudrière: Rue Rabelais if you're in Perpignan.

This years recipients of Getty Images’ annual Grants for Editorial Photography programme were announced last night at Visa. Congratulations to the five photojournalists:

Sergey Ponomarev for Exodus, a project which explores the migrants and refugees of the Middle East and Africa.

Katie Orlinsky for Chasing Winter, which examines the effects of climate change in Alaska.

Mary F. Calvert for Prisoners of War: Male-on-male Rape in America’s Military, a body of work that documents American military rape survivors who are forced out of service.

Jonathan Torgovnik for The ‘Hijacked Life’ of African Migrants in Johannesburg, a project which examines the complex issues faced by migrants from the African continent upon arrival in South Africa.

Kirsten Luce receives the David Laidler Memorial Award for Border Security. Her project, captured in the southernmost point of Texas, examines the busiest corridor for human and drug trafficking in the US.

Each receives a grant of US$10,000, as well as collaborative editorial support from Getty Images.

ANI-PrixPalace Award:

Australian-based Dutch photographer Ingetje Tadros has won this year's Ani-PrixPalace Award for her work This is My Country, a visual documentation of Australia’s indigenous people. It communicates the legacy of historical domination and oppression of Australia’s first inhabitants within a contemporary context.

BOOK SIGNINGS AT VISA:

This is My CountryIngetje TadrosSigning: September 2nd at 3 pm at La Poudrière: Rue Rabelais, Perpignan
Ingetje Tadros’s, This is My Country is a compelling book, which takes an in depth look at the indigenous community of Kennedy Hill, in Broome, Western Australia, a people balanced on the precipice of life, who for the most part are disenfranchised, neglected, and often forgotten.

Ingetje has won numerous awards for this body of work including the Walkley Award for Excellence in Photojournalism - Feature Photographic Essay - 2015; the Amnesty International Media Award 2015, photography; Best Feature Photographic Essay at the West Australian Media Awards 2015; the Exposure Award, digital display at The Louvre in Paris 2015.

Talibes Modern Day SlavesMario CruzSigning: September 2nd at 3 pm at La Poudrière: Rue Rabelais, Perpignan

Mario Cruz gained rare access to the dark side of many darras (Koranic schools) in Senegal and captured disturbing but stunning photographs of the lives of young boys subjected to slave-like conditions. The book Talibes Modern Day Slaves documents an alarming development among the darras that impacts at least 50,000 young boys in Senegal, aged between five and 15.

The work received the 2016 World Press Photo Award for Contemporary Issues and was a finalist for the 2016 FotoEvidence Book Award.

Afghanistan: Between Hope and FearPaula BronsteinSigning: September 2nd at 4 pm at La Poudrière: Rue Rabelais, Perpignan
World-acclaimed photojournalist Paula Bronstein presents a photographic portrait of this war-torn country’s people across more than a decade. With empathy born of the challenges of being an American female photojournalist working in a conservative Islamic country, Paula gives voice to those Afghans, particularly women and children, rendered silent during the violent Taliban regime.

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A journalist for over 25 years, Alison Stieven-Taylor is currently a features writer for Pro Photo magazine, a contributor to The Australian Weekend Magazine, The Australian Financial Review and the Oceanic correspondent for L’Oeil de la Photographie amongst other titles. Alison is also a lecturer in journalism and holds a Master of Communication and Media Studies (Monash University). She is currently working on her PhD on photojournalism. Alison is also the author of three books including the best-selling biography “Rock Chicks: The Hottest Female Rockers from the1960s to Now”.